Semyon Timoshenko

Semyon Timoshenko (18 February 1895-31 March 1970) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union who served in World War I, the Russian Civil War, Soviet-Polish War, and World War II.

Biography
Timoshenko was given command of the Western Front in June 1941 and narrowly avoided encirclement at Smolensk, but recovered to delay the enemy advance on Moscow. He was then given the Southwest Front but failed to halt further German pushes. After failure of an offensive on Kharkov in 1942, he was transferred to the quieter Northwest Front.